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Uproar In Delhi Assembly, AAP Demonstrates EVM Tampering

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Uproar In Delhi Assembly, AAP Demonstrates EVM Tampering
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The AAP today staged a "live demonstration" of alleged EVM manipulation in the Delhi Assembly.

AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed that anyone knowing a "secret code" can tamper with the EVMs and the code can be fed into a machine while casting vote.

The Election Commission has time and again rubbished allegations that EVMs can be programmed to favour any particular party.

The Delhi Assembly also witness uproar as proceedings were interrupted by heated exchanges between Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) MLAs and BJP's Vijender Gupta.  He was later marshalled out of the house.

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Gupta tried to raise the issue of alleged corruption in land deals involving Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and PWD Minister Satyendra Jain.

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He alleged that the Rs 2 crore cash, which was allegedly handed over to Kejriwal by Jain, may be related to the deal.

AAP is expected to disclose some details over the much debated issue of  the Electronic Voting Machines' tampering.

"Why are generation 1 EVM machines being used when generation 3 machines are available," asks Alka Lamba.

EC says 13,000 polling booths in Delhi, and 15,000 machines for them. When there is a surplus, why was there a need to bring EVM machines from Rajasthan.

Earlier Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had promised a big expose in a tweet. "A very big conspiracy will be disclosed before Saurabh Bhardwaj in the Delhi Assembly today. Please do listen to it. Truth will win," he tweeted.

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However, Kejriwal has not made any statement in the media on the allegations made by Mishra so far.

Earlier in the day, Mishra submitted the documents in connection with the corruption charges he levelled against Kejriwal and other party leaders to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

He further asked the AAP leaders, Satyendra Jain, Ashish Khetan, Raghav Chaddha, Sanjay Singh and Durgesh Pathak to put out the details of their foreign tours in public domain, while saying that he would sit on a hunger strike if they refuse to do so.

After being suspended from the party's primary membership, Mishra issued an open letter to Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal while challenging him to contest open elections.
Asserting that Kejriwal once used to be his 'guru', Mishra said that he was going to lodge a string of FIRs against the one who taught him to how to fight against corruption.

With PTI Inputs

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